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Mawson Bank

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Mawson Bank
Submerged bank
Mawson Bank is located in Antarctica
Mawson Bank
Mawson Bank (Antarctica)
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Mawson Bank (73°30′S 174°0′E / 73.500°S 174.000°E / -73.500; 174.000) is a submarine bank in the Ross Sea off Antarctica named for British Antarctic scientist Sir Douglas Mawson. The name was approved by the Advisory Committee for Undersea Features in June 1988.[1]

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  1. ^ "Mawson Bank". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior. Retrieved 2013-08-30.

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